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From: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Unicode characters not showing 'Hello, world' example golang.org
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 05:25:41
Message-Id: CAJ1xhMUzK7Rpumf_h21X01-M5VN=-1=MW1DDa5LPovxyyNvPzQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Unicode characters not showing 'Hello, world' example golang.org by Ian Zimmerman
1 On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 12:50 AM, Ian Zimmerman <itz@×××××××.net> wrote:
2 > On 2016-10-04 18:22, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
3 >
4 >> The 'Hello, world' example showcased on golang.org uses the Japanese
5 >> characters for the word 'world'. Firefox 38 used to display those
6 >> characters. Since the upgrade, firefox stopped showing those
7 >> characters. Recently, I installed chromium as well. It never displayed
8 >> those characters for me. I have not modified anything in my
9 >> environment.
10 >>
11 >> What could be amiss there? Thanks.
12 >
13 > I suspect this:
14 >
15 > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1243194
16 >
17 > see also
18 >
19 > http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&p=14544887
20 >
21 > This is my reason for sticking with 38 despite all the scary security
22 > announcements.
23 >
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28 >
29
30 So it is a known problem with Firefox.
31
32 Thanks for sharing.